Note: Pico Maior appears to be the highest point of the Serra dos Órgãos (Brazil), not the nearby location as we previously reported. See also http://www.summitpost.org/tres-picos/153559.

This is one of eight lists that cover the known
ultra-prominences for South America.
This project
represents original research into accurate elevations and prominence of
the world's major summits, employing both new data sources and
published topographic materials.

The list has been further divided into two sections at the
Amazon. Brazil has a total of nine ultras. The six that are
north of the Amazon are in the region of the Orinico Highlands near
Venezuela. The second section lists the three ultras in the
Brazilian highlands in São Paulo, Espirito Santo, and Minas
Gerais states.

Compiled 2005 by Jonathan de Ferranti with assistance
from John Biggar
and Aaron Maizlish
Corrections through: March 19, 2011

Rank

Summit
Name

Country

Elevation

Prominence

Saddle

Latitude

Longitude

ID
Code

Elev.
(ft.)

Prom.
(ft.)

Notes

VENEZUELA AND
ORINOCO HIGHLANDS (including Brazil north of the Amazon)

1

Pico Bolivar

Venezuela

4981

3957

1024

08º32'30"N

071º02'45"W

SA004

16342

12982

[1]

2

Pico de Neblina

Venezuela, Brazil

2994

2886

108

00º48'24"N

066º00'18"W

SA044

9823

9468

[2]

3

Cerro Tristeza

Venezuela

2596

2456

140

10º05'03"N

063º57'30"W

SA027

8517

8058

4

Pico Naiguata

Venezuela

2765

2455

310

10º32'36"N

066º46'57"W

SA028

9071

8054

5

Cerro Marahuaca

Venezuela

2832

2289

543

03º39'36"N

065º24'24"W

SA016

9291

7510

6

Monte Roraima

Guyana, Venezuela

2723

2251

472

05º12'08"N

060º44'07"W

SA036

8934

7385

[6]

7

Cerro Pintado

Colombia, Venezuela

3660

2181

1479

10º20'18"N

072º54'15"W

SA045

12008

7155

8

Serrania Guanay

Venezuela

2392

2026

366

05º45'57"N

066º11'30"W

SA063

7848

6647

9

Serra Imeri

Venezuela, Brazil

2500

1951

549

00º29'27"N

065º20'00"W

SA078

8202

6401

10

Serra Tulu Tuloi

Brazil

2140

1950

190

01º11'45"N

063º48'00"W

SA079

7021

6398

11

Serra da Mocidade

Brazil

1980

1830

150

01º44'48"N

061º47'33"W

SA098

6496

6004

12

Sierra Maigualida

Venezuela

2350

1790

560

05º34'51"N

065º14'57"W

SA108

7710

5873

13

Serra do Pacu

Brazil

1880

1712

168

01º31'42"N

062º10'27"W

SA129

6168

5617

14

Cerro Cerbatana

Venezuela

2080

1708

372

06º39'36"N

066º14'15"W

SA127

6824

5604

15

Cero Raya

Venezuela

2070

1686

384

05º25'00"N

066º22'00"W

SA134

6791

5531

16

Chimata Tepuy

Venezuela

2675

1658

1017

05º22'12"N

062º04'45"W

SA140

8776

5440

17

"Tulu Tuloi II"

Brazil

1780

1584

196

00º57'36"N

063º20'24"W

SA168

5840

5197

[17]

18

Meseta del Cerro Jaua

Venezuela

2395

1572

823

04º34'09"N

064º21'24"W

SA177

7858

5157

19

Pico el Turmal

Venezuela

3560

1542

2018

09º31'39"N

070º06'48"W

SA184

11680

5059

20

Cerro el Cerron

Venezuela

2100

1500

600

10º19'21"N

070º37'51"W

SA209

6890

4921

BRAZILIAN HIGHLANDS
(Brazil south of the Amazon)

1

Pico de Bandeira

Brazil

2890

2640

250

20º26'03"S

041º47'48"W

SA020

9482

8661

2

Pico Pedra da Mina (Pontan)

Brazil

2798

2068

730

22º25'42"S

044º50'36"W

SA056

9180

6785

3

Pico Maior (Tres Picos)

Brazil

2316

1897

419

22º20'33"S

042º43'36"W

SA095

7598

6223

FOOTNOTES

Many of these peaks are hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest, and
little is known about them. The authors would appreciate feedback
from people familiar with some of the individual jungle peaks.

A further suggested resource is John Biggar's climbing guide "The
Andes" and website.

[1] Pico Bolivar (high point of Venezuela): A 1993 survey
sets the official elevation at 4980.8m. This supercedes the old
number of 5007m, which was from a 1927 remote survey, prior even to the
first ascent. Reference Venezuela government publication, Venezuela
Innovadora.

[2] Pico de Neblina / Pico da Neblina (high point of
Brazil): This is not a true 3000 meter summit, although the
elevation of 3014m is often given. A 2004 publication by IGBE
(the Brazilian civilian mapping agency), restates the official
elevation as 2993.78m. Reference IGBE
Notice.

[6] Monte Roraima is a large, flat plateau defended by high
cliffs. SRTM data on the plateau is in error. It was said to have
provided the inspiration for Conan Doyle's "Lost World" novel.
According to SRTM, Cerro Marahuaca is higher than all the commonly
quoted elevations for Monte Roraima.

[17] This is our working name for the apparently unnamed summit
in the Serra Tulu Tuloi.